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Robert Schumann
Germany
08.06.1810
29.07.1856
- Piano Concerto A minor op. 54
- Cello Concerto A minor op. 129
- Symphony No. 3 E-flat major op. 97, "Rhenish"
- Symphony No. 2 C major
- Arabeske C major op. 18
- Symphony No. 1 B-flat major op. 38, "Spring Symphony"
- Scenes from Goethe's Faust
- Carnaval op. 9
- Overture, Scherzo and Finale E major op. 52
- Scenes from Childhood op. 15
- Violin Concerto D minor WoO 23
- Symphony No. 4 d Minor op. 120
- Phantasy pieces
- Märchenbilder op. 113
- Genoveva (Overture)
- Papillons op. 2
- Dichterliebe op. 48
- Kreisleriana op. 16
- Dances of the League of David op. 6
- Manfred Ouverture op. 115
- String quartet No. 3 A-major op. 41/3
- Fantasy C major op. 17
- Piano Quintet E-flat major op. 44
- Myrthen, Op. 25
- Piano Quartet Op. 47
- Three Romances for Oboe and Piano op. 94
- Six Pieces in Canonic Form op. 56 (Version for 2 pianos by Claude Debussy)
- Paradise and the Peri op. 50
- Fantasiestücke op. 12
- Liederkreis op. 39
- Manfred op. 115
- Introduction and Allegro op.134
- Piano Sonata No. 1 F-sharp minor op. 11
- Toccata C major op. 7
- Concertpiece for Four Horns and Orchestra op.86
- Bilder aus Osten op. 66
- Liederkreis, Op. 24
- A Woman's Love and Life Op. 42
- Hermann und Dorothea Overture op. 136
- Julius Caesar overture op. 128
- Ouverture C minor about Schiller's The Bride of Messina op. 100
- The pilgrimage of the rose op. 112
- Symphony G minor
- Introduction and Allegro appassionato for piano and orchestra G major op. 92
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Popular compositions
- Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988
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- Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 F major op. 68 "Pastoral Symphony"
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- Gershwin: Piano Concerto F major
- Gubaidulina: String Quartet No. 1
- Korngold: The Miracle of Heliane, op. 20
- Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 E-flat Major
- Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Octet in E-flat major op. 20
- Mozart: Requiem Mass D minor KV 626
- Mozart: Symphony No. 41 C major K. 551, "Jupiter"
- Mozart: The Magic Flute K. 620
- Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
- Offenbach: Overture from "La vie parisienne"
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Popular conductors
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Popular soloists
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- Sol Gabetta
- Yuja Wang
Popular orchestras
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- Frankfurt Radio Symphony
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